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The Court has noted above (paragraph 77 in fine) that the United States did not issue any warning or notification of the presence of the mines which had been laid in or near the ports of Nicaragua. Yet even in time of war, the Convention relative to the laying of automatic submarine contact mines of 18 October 1907 (the Hague Convention No. VIII) provides that “every possible precaution must be taken for the security of peaceful shipping” and belligerents are bound
“to notify the danger zones as soon as military exigencies permit, by a notice addressed to ship owners, which must also be communicated to the Governments through the diplomatic channel” (Art. 3).
Military and Paramilitary Activities (Nicaragua/United States of America) Merits. J. 27.6.1986 I.C.J. Reports 1986, p. 14
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Hofmann, R., Kokott, J., Oellers-Frahm, K., Oeter, S., Zimmermann, A. (1993). Law of Armed Conflicts. In: World Court Digest. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-37779-6_14
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